CEOs Now Make 300 Times More Than Their Workers. This City Is Putting a Stop to That.
Abandoned by Congress, Portland is putting an end to its staggering CEO-worker pay ratio.
To Billionaire Doomsday Preppers: Your Wealth Won’t Save You
The only solution is to bring your wealth home and invest in community resilience to ensure the survival of all.
Six Ways TPP Opponents Have Won—Even as Fast Track Advances
Critics of the TPP forged relationship with foreign allies, firmed up union positions, and forced some concessions on the secrecy of the text.
Making Hurricane Preparedness Fun…and Delicious
The Jamaica Plain New Economy transition town has found that pie parties are a good way to get more people interested in disaster preparedness.
Mining for Gold: A Pact With the Devil?
The economic crisis – and the rising price of gold – have spurred North American firms to reopen mines and attack environmental regulations. Here’s what we can learn from El Salvador’s moratorium on new mining permits.
What Comes Next?: Building on Occupy and the 99% Spring
Many movements, many similar messages. What could the increasing cooperation between protesters mean for the future of the ninety-nine percent?
A World Bank President We Can Get Behind?
The candidates for next month’s selection could finally change the game of serving markets over people – and we all might have a role to play.
Nurses Fight for a Dose of Tax Justice
Before there was Occupy, thousands of nurses were already taking on Wall Street to demand a financial transaction tax.
Human Rights over Corporate Rights: Taking on the Trade Laws of the 1 Percent
A protest at the World Bank supported El Salvador’s attempts to say no to gold mining and yes to democracy.
Occupy Wall Street, 1979 Edition
Before there were hashtags, 32 years ago, more than a thousand protesters tried to shut Wall Street down for a day.
A Peaceful End to the War on Drugs?
The international war on drugs isn’t stopping drug use or trafficking — but it is ruining lives. Drug policy expert Sanho Tree on what we can do differently.
The Road Not Built: Redefining Progress At Home and Abroad
Local opposition to a proposed road in Trinidad brings new understanding of “progress,” and what it means to be rooted.
Turning Points: Is a Different Future Possible?
With the citizen-backed blockage of a proposed aluminum smelter, is Trinidad and Tobago changing course toward a rooted future?
The Coming Global Food Fight
As aggression mounts with the rise of food prices worldwide, small-scale farms rooted in local markets could avert international disaster – and lead the way to “food democracy.”
Do You Pay Your Taxes? Bank of America Doesn’t
The latest from a growing international movement to make corporate tax dodgers pay, so public services don’t have to.